Posted on: August 22, 2022

MRHS FBLA Succeeds in Chicago!

This past summer, sixty MRHS students competed with over 12,000 high school students in the FBLA National Conference that took place in Chicago, Illinois. Over the course of five days, students competed in their respected events, attended inspiring workshops, and explored the city of Chicago. Among the 60 MRHS FBLA members that competed, 10 received…

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Posted on: June 27, 2022

From WFAE 90.7 – “NC school districts’ summer programs mix academic urgency with hands-on fun”

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Posted on: May 06, 2022

MRHS DECA took 16 students to the International Career Development Conference in Atlanta, Ga. on April 23-26, 2022

During the school year, approximately 100,000 of DECA’s 160,000 high school student members take part in the organization’s competitive events program, allowing them to compete for local, regional and state titles. The competitions are designed to simulate real-life business scenarios and test students’ academic understanding and skills development. The top state winners put their talents…

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Posted on: May 03, 2022

Congratulations to Parkwood High School’s Carolyn Hoobler, UCPS CTE’s First Ever Teacher of the Year!

To read more about the award, check out the story on the UCPS website..  

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Posted on: March 31, 2022

Two UCPS Schools Compete in NC Jr. Chef Competition

This year, two of the five teams vying in the 5th N.C. Jr. Chef Competition were from Union County Public Schools. Monroe High School and Parkwood High School competed in the yearly competition where “students enrolled in Career and Technical Education culinary arts and hospitality, food and nutrition, or food science and technology courses are…

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Posted on: March 17, 2022

Students Participate in Builders Bridge Homebuilding Immersion Tours

  Students in the construction trades programs at Parkwood and Monroe High Schools participated in Builders Bridge Homebuilding Immersion Tours. During these half-day tours, students were able to visit a job site in a local True Homes neighborhood, meet industry leaders and learn about different trades. Students were exposed to dry-walling, plumbing, masonry, landscaping, and…

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Posted on: March 16, 2022

Aerospace 2 Students Learn about Structural Analysis

The Honors Aerospace 2 students from Marvin Ridge, Cuthbertson, Weddington, Porter Ridge, and Sun Valley high schools learned about stress analysis on materials.  The project deepen students’ understanding of material science by focusing on structural testing. In this project, students assume the role of Structural Analysts. They perform several structural tests to learn about types…

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Posted on: March 14, 2022

Porter Ridge Middle School Students Use iPads and Swift Playground to Learn Coding

Working in pairs, Mrs. Courtney’s eighth-grade students are focusing on the fundamentals of coding using Swift Playgrounds’, Everyone Can Code curriculum.  Using iPads, students are learning how to recognize patterns in coding and build functions around those patterns. Students will continue working with this curriculum for the rest of the year and will have a…

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Posted on: March 08, 2022

CHS Cavs Compete at Johnson & Wales

Two culinary arts students competed on Friday, February 26 in the FCCLA culinary arts competition at Johnson & Wales University! Makaila Rabun (pictured on the right) won 3rd place, qualified for nationals in San Diego, and receives a $500 renewable JWU scholarship!  Alex Wall (pictured on the left) took 7th place! Way to go, Cavs!

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Posted on: March 01, 2022

WHS DECA Brings Home Awards!

Congrats to the WHS DECA Club. 2022 DECA State Competition Awards 2/24/22 – 2/26/22 Silvia Petrikis – Elected as State Officer – VP of Dixie Pines Region Chapter Awards Chapter of Distinction Thrive Level – Chapter Campaigns (Community Service, Advocacy, Promotion & Ethical Leadership) NC Deca Foundation Supporting Chapter Award Supplemental Testing at State Conference…

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